Ranking of Massachusetts Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020

Updated on March 27, 2023.

According to the data from the United States 2020 decennial Census, in April 2020, among all Massachusetts counties, Suffolk County had the highest percentage of its population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone (16.95%), followed by Plymouth County (8.19%), and Hampden County (7.73%).

The chart below shows the top 10 counties, and the table below shows the ranking of all Massachusetts counties based on the percentage of the population that identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone.

You can see similar ranking information for other states. You can also see similar rankings of counties for other ethnicities as well as for the different racial groups in Massachusetts.

You can also see similar ranking for all counties in the United States.

Ranking of Massachusetts Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
Suffolk
Plymouth
Hampden
Nantucket
Norfolk
Worcester
Middlesex
Bristol
Dukes
Essex
Ranking of Massachusetts Counties By Percentage of Population that Identified as Non-Hispanic - Black or African American Alone from Census 2020
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Rank County % of County Population
1 Suffolk County 16.95
2 Plymouth County 8.19
3 Hampden County 7.73
4 Nantucket County 7.06
5 Norfolk County 6.79
6 Worcester County 5.13
7 Middlesex County 4.96
8 Bristol County 3.99
9 Dukes County 3.86
10 Essex County 3.34
11 Berkshire County 3.15
12 Barnstable County 2.80
13 Hampshire County 2.69
14 Franklin County 1.36